[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3656]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     WELCOMING REVEREND JON RANDLES

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentleman from Texas 
(Mr. Neugebauer) is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to welcome to the House of 
Representatives today's guest chaplain and my fellow Lubbock, Texas, 
native, Jon Randles. Jon is joined here today by his wife, Kelly; his 
two sons, Zack and Sam; and their wives, Autumn and Jennifer; his 
daughter, Hayley; and her husband, Chance; as well as their 
grandchildren. Also here are 70 members of his congregation.
  Jon has been engaged in two career paths: he has served as both a 
pastor and a nationwide motivational speaker. He began pastoring the 
first of his four churches as a college sophomore at Hardin-Simmons 
University in Abilene, Texas. He has a master of divinity degree from 
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and did doctorate studies in 
ancient Roman history at Texas Tech University.
  He served as Director of Evangelism at the Baptist General Convention 
of Texas. In 2010, as a contractor for the U.S. Air Force, he crafted a 
program for senior officers to mentor members of the junior force.
  In 2013, after 20 years as an evangelist and a motivational speaker, 
he returned to pastoring and is currently the senior pastor at Victory 
Life Baptist Church in Lubbock, Texas.
  In all of his endeavors, Jon has encouraged excellence and character. 
But most of all, Jon has impacted countless lives by his witness and 
testimony of Jesus Christ.
  Jon has the heart of a lion and a tremendous amount of faith. As he 
battles pancreatic cancer, he is an amazing example to all of us how to 
run the race God has set out for each of us.
  May God bless Jon Randles, and may He continue to bless the United 
States of America.

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